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This does not invalidate Kirby's point, but for sake of veracity a
colleague informed me that this photo is a hoax...
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<dd><i>*Online research can be easy, but beware of hoaxes* (!)<br>
<dd>"A hoax revealed: The e-mailed photograph, at left, was touted
to be a 1954 projection of what a home computer would look like in 2004.
The doctored image was actually altered from a photo, at right, of a 2000
Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Fast Attacks and Boomers:
Submarines in the Cold War." The Smithsonian photo depicted a
full-scale mock-up of a typical nuclear-powered submarine's control
room."
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<a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041206/1019371.asp" eudora="autourl">
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041206/1019371.asp<br><br></a>
</dl>At 18:21 09/01/2005, Kirby Urner wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">When they walk in, sometimes
with a parent (parents don't get to stay<br>
though), they see a projected picture of a personal computer of 2004 --
as<br>
envisioned by some guy at the RAND corporation in 1954. <br><br>
Here's the picture (from Popular Mechanics):<br>
<a href="http://www.4dsolutions.net/satacad/background/pc2004.jpg" eudora="autourl">
http://www.4dsolutions.net/satacad/background/pc2004.jpg</a><br>
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